Lin Mo followed Liu Chengen through a construction site, the smell of steel and concrete filling the air.
Bulldozers rumbled. Whenever the soldiers along the way saw Lin Mo, they immediately saluted and loudly greeted him, "Hello, sir!"
Lin Mo waved back at the soldiers and asked Liu Chengen several times:
"Academician Liu, what exactly is all this secrecy about?"
Liu Chengen simply waved a hand with a smile.
"You'll know when we get there."
Lin Mo: "..."
The more the old man kept him guessing, the more unnerving it became.
For no other reason than that Liu Chengen had really never struck Lin Mo as someone he could relax around.
Ten minutes later.
The two entered a makeshift laboratory building.
Liu Chengen closed the door and locked it.
He turned and took a silvery-white metal case out of a refrigerated cabinet.
It opened with a click.
Inside lay a syringe.
The syringe held a golden liquid that gave off a faint glow beneath the fluorescent lights.
Liu Chengen raised the syringe, excitement gleaming in his eyes.
"Come here, Commander Lin. Sorry for the trouble, but please take off your pants."
Lin Mo: "???"
He instinctively stepped back, his back hitting the wall.
"Wait!"
"Academician Liu, calm down!"
"What are you trying to do?!"
Liu Chengen answered as though it were obvious:
"Give you an injection."
Lin Mo stared at the syringe.
Then he looked at the eager smile on Liu Chengen's face.
Something just felt wrong.
"What is that?"
Liu Chengen shook the syringe in his hand.
"Dragon Blood."
"Filtered and diluted."
Lin Mo froze.
"Dragon Blood?"
Liu Chengen nodded.
"Yes."
"We've already tested it on lab mice and death row inmates."
"With the dosage controlled, there were no problems at all."
"Instead, their physical fitness and Cell Activity